That whole article is such a delicious piece of schadenfreude, I absolutely howled with laughter as I read it (on a non-DM affiliated site ofc, wouldn't grace them with even a click).

So the DM Online, which Dacre (the author of the rant) collects a hefty salary from, which shares the same offices as the rag, is a separate entity to the DM with 'a different world view'. Utter shite.

Also as part of that rant he bangs on about a Guardian Online journalist who...has never written for the Guardian Online, only the paper version

The best bit was the references to the 'Fascist Left' - methinks someone needs some lessons in politics.

Oh, and the very top of the headline - "Fake news" - was apropos of nothing - maybe Dacre was being honest for once in pointing out that everything that followed was a crock of shit.

We can still "work together" to make the most of the situation. But does that mean we ever have to forgive? No.

One farmer was complaining on the radio the other day that he hires 2500 EU workers each year to work in his fields, that he's already struggling this year because workers are starting to slowly leave and that if it's any harder next year then his business could go bust. He still voted Leave.

I'd wager that a vast amount of the people who voted Leave did so on similar grounds that they had no idea how badly it would affect them. Can you be angry at those people? Not really, they were deceived by the press mostly. They shouldn't ever be allowed to forget though, because ultimately they sided with a nasty, nationalistic right wing agenda.

The problem with that view is that it's too simplistic, largely because the question was too simplistic in the first place. There were just so many issues being banded about, yet people were only asked whether or not they wanted to leave the EU. There could have been so much more information gathered regarding the public's priorities, but instead it's being entirely left up to the government to choose which parts they intend to keep.

I really can't think of a single thing about the referendum itself or the campaigns beforehand that was done correctly. - The question was too simplistic; Britain's membership in the EU is just so incredibly complex from many angles that a single in/out question cannot effectively represent public opinion. - Both campaigns were absolutely shocking, filled with scaremongering and outright lies. There should have been an independently produced booklet delivered to every household in the UK that had factual information for both sides of the argument to allow people to make their minds up without influence from politicians' personal agendas. - The referendum should never have been binding, and that should have been clear from the start. A 4% difference between sides is a pathetic margin on which to base such a decision, especially when the public were so poorly informed. - It's a question that should never have been asked in the first place. I just don't think it's an issue that the general public could ever be sufficiently informed to be able to make that decision. We elect governments to deal with these matters, and they have unlimited access to experts to help make these decisions.

Brexit was entirely about power; not power for the people, but power for career politicians. It was an outright farce from start to finish.

That wasn't all meant to be directed at you Mantis. I think I just needed to rant; we're a year on and I'm still angry about it, so much so that I've considered a number of times whether I should just ditch this country and move elsewhere. It's not practical for me, but two of my best friends are moving to New Zealand just as soon as one of them completes the NZ equivalent of a PGCE.

So the deal with the DUP is done, with £1bn for Northern Ireland over the next two years. Where's that money coming from? How does that fit into the already ludicrously un-costed manifesto? The next time I hear a Tory voter tell me that Labour think money grows on trees, I'm going to have to walk away before I do something regrettable.

It's fine, there's no money available for spending on services across the UK, but the ISA they keep to one side for times when they need to buy votes to keep themselves in power has quite a healthy balance; it's where all the surplus national insurance deposits go.

I give this sham a few months. I'd be surprised if she made it to Christmas.